Georgia DOT Planning More Ambitious Toll Lanes Project for Interstate 285

Friday, June 18th, 2021

The Georgia Department of Transportation unveiled a proposal Wednesday to improve the capacity of planned toll lanes along Interstate 285 by asking the private sector to play a larger role in the $6.1 billion project.

The plan would add two barrier-separated toll lanes along 285 just north of its interchanges with I-20 east and west of Atlanta, instead of the single lane envisioned when the project was first proposed in 2016. Two barrier-separated toll lanes already are planned along the “top end” of 285 stretching from Cobb County through Fulton and into DeKalb County.